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Lost Wedding Band Dropped on the Beach Found and Returned by Crystal Coast Ring Finders

  • from Emerald Isle (North Carolina, United States)
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David shared that he had placed his phone and wedding ring in a beach bag before heading for a swim at Topsail Beach. He suspected that someone might have pulled an item from the bag, causing the ring to fall out. I arranged to meet David early the next morning to begin the search. After uncovering a few deep targets and two dimes, my XP metal detector gave a loud, solid signal outside the coin range. As David walked towards the water, I called out, “This looks promising.” Moments later, I retrieved David’s platinum wedding band from the sandy beach.

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Beautiful 2 Kt Diamond Engagement Ring Lost & Found, New Silver Beach, Falmouth, MA

  • from Falmouth (Massachusetts, United States)
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30 August 2025.  Sometimes you’re lucky.  I received a call from Philip, who’d been referred to me by my RingFinder friend Rick.  He told me that Jen had lost her 2 kt oval diamond engagement ring in the dry sand where they were sitting and asked if I could come with a metal detector to find it.  I of course said yes and arrived at the beach 15 minutes later.  As (good!) luck would have it, they had found the ring just as I arrived, so all was well.

Jen described how the ring went flying off her finger as she was putting on sunscreen.  The ring disappeared in the fine sand, which is not unusual, and it can be very difficult if not impossible to recover with just finger sifting if you’re not certain where it landed.  A dry-sand loss, however, is a lucky situation because a metal detector, when used by a trained eye/ear, can make recovery quick and easy if the location of the loss is reasonably constrained.   It becomes much more difficult with a loss in the water, where tides, wind & waves, rocks, shifting sand, and location uncertainty can greatly complicate a search.

I snapped some pictures of Jen and her ring and we expressed thanks all around, particularly that that beautiful diamond was back on her finger.  A lucky day!

 

Jen’s beautiful engagement ring.

 

Jen with her engagement ring back in place with her wedding rings.

 

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Dennis, MA Lost Ring in Sand Found and Returned by Richard Browne

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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July 29, 2025 Debbie and her husband were out house hunting. My home was on the market and the Open House sign attracted them. While touring the home they noticed my metal detector and struck up a conversation with my realtor about my water detecting prowess. Little did they know the knowledge of my hobby would be beneficial to them within a few days when Debbie saw her wedding band slip from her finger into the beach sand as she was applying sunscreen lotion.

The smart idea of marking the area with shells and a few small rocks after hand searching the sand would be of help in locating the area the next day. A better marker media would have been anything metal i.e. coins or soda cans. Debbie had paced of the distance from a wooden structure to the point of loss. At home they called Tom, my realtor, for my contact information. Jack had to leave a voice message which Tom later played back to me over the phone. I took the information and called Jack. I had to leave a message on Jack’s phone as he did not answer. A bit later Debbie called me and we set up a 6:30AM meeting on the beach.

I arrived a bit early just as the beach sweeper went by, grooming the beach for the holiday weekend crowd. With my new VX9 detector, on its first search, in one hand and my scoop in the other, I looked for the land marks but they had been swept away. I took what information I had, started to pace off 35 feet but that would have put me in the water, somethings never go well. I had been on the beach for less than five minutes when Debbie and her girlfriend showed up. After a bit of an introduction and pointing to the area, Debbie started to pace off the 35 feet. I watched as she paced the 35 feet by putting the heal of one foot to toes of the other, repeating it 35 times. I followed, detecting the sand as I went. About five feet (60”) from where Debbie’s 35 “feet” ended and even closer to my last drag mark in the sand I had my second signal of the morning. A quick scoop and my searching was finished.

“Lets go back to the car so I can get more information.” Looking puzzled, I had to tell Debbie to look into my scoop. Yes the ring was the second target and the ring was in my scoop. All in less than a minute! Debbie and her friend Lynn were told I was good at finding a lost ring, but this morning I was great. But Debbie had one more up on me when she said she had a cup of coffee for me in the car. I often mentioned my thirst for coffee but no one had ever had a cup ready for me.

At the car we talked and the recent happenings just continued to amaze us. Jack and I are both retired sailors and worked with submarines during our tours of duty. This year is Debbie and Jacks 30th anniversary. She had lived on Cape Cod and I live here now. I could not convince her that she and Jack should buy my house, it was meant to be – not. If the house was smaller – maybe. At least all is well and Debbie has her ring back for the upcoming anniversary. What a wonderful way to have at the start of another day on Vacation Land.

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LOST GOLD WEDDING RING in GREENSBORO, NC…….FOUND!!!

  • from Raleigh (North Carolina, United States)
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I received a text from a gentleman about a gold wedding ring lost in his backyard, by a friend of his, during an obstacle/drinking event that involved a slip n slide and a bat spin!

Needless to say the ring flew off at some point and they couldn’t find it.

After arriving and getting the layout it took about 10-15 mins to find it!

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Ring count for 2025: 139 (23 – recoveries)

GOLD – 26 (15 – recoveries)
GOLD/SILVER – 2 (2 – recoveries)
PLATNIUM – 3 (3 – recoveries)
SILVER – 36 (3 – recoveries)
VINTAGE – 2
JUNK – 72

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Grandfather’s Gold Wedding Band on a Gold Chain Found After Being Lost on North Topsail, NC Beach

  • from Emerald Isle (North Carolina, United States)
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Jon’s family arrived for a few days vacation and spent the morning enjoying the beach, waves, and weather. Jon took off his necklace, which held his late grandfather’s wedding band, and placed it on his lap. It wasn’t until they returned to their room that Jon realized his necklace was missing. That evening, Jon’s wife made a social media post hoping for its return, but I felt she revealed too much information about its location. I came across her post, sent her a private message, and reached out to her after some detective work. We connected quickly, and I headed to North Topsail Beach. Despite doubts about finding the necklace after 12 hours, I met Jon, who described the events of the day before heading back to his room. I began my search, and after a few passes, my machine picked up a non-ferrous signal. Using my pinpointer, I located the target, scooped into the sand, and uncovered the gold chain, pulling it from its sandy hiding spot.

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North Wildwood NJ Lost Cross Found by Ring Finders South Jersey John Favano

  • from North Wildwood (New Jersey, United States)
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Devan reached out to me nearly a week after her husband lost his sentimental gold cross pendant on the beach in North Wildwood, NJ. The chain had snapped, and the cross had gone flying into the sand during their Fourth of July celebration.
When I arrived with my metal detector, I carefully searched the surrounding area but came up empty. Knowing how important this item was, I expanded the search further—and that made all the difference! I found the cross buried deeper and farther out than expected!
I gave Devan the good news, and she and her husband were thrilled. We met the next morning for the return—what a great way to start the day in North Wildwood!
💬 Devan shared this awesome review:
“We lost a gold cross pendant on Fourth of July, thought it was a goner but then found John’s page on Facebook the following week. We reached out and he found it a whole week later!! John went above and beyond to help bring our pendant home by looking a little further out of the area we thought we lost the pendant! We were so happy and relieved! John had great communication throughout the whole process! 10/10 recommend !!! Thank you John!”
If you’ve lost something on the beach, don’t wait—contact The Ring Finders South Jersey. I’m ready with my metal detector to help you recover what matters most.
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White Gold Wedding Ring Lost in Front Yard-Found!

  • from Chattanooga (Tennessee, United States)
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I was contacted by a husband, (Ben), saying his wife lost her wedding ring in the front yard and that they had tried finding it with a metal detector, but had not located it. They had a very large front yard, but had marked off an area they thought it would be, because he had to run the mower. The area he thought it would be had not been cut. The temperatures those days were at the 95 degree range and I was in the full sun with no relief from any shade. The first day I spent around 4-5 hours finding nothing but surface items that sounded like a ring, small pieces of foil. I had completely covered the entire area he thought it would be. I was spent from the heat, so I came back the next day and expanded the search area. After around 4 hours I was well outside of the original search area by around 60 feet or so and I got a consistent 17 on my Manticore and it seemed to be on the surface because of the double beep. I had found it, but there was a problem. It was in the area that had been mowed and had been damaged from being run over with the mower tire. The band had been bent, had a small stone missing, and the main setting stone was loose. So as soon as I could I put it in a small zip lock bag so if anything else came loose it would not get lost.

 

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Wellfleet, MA Richard Browne Makes Short Work of Finding a Lost Ring.

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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August 19, 2025 Richard, a Horticulturist at heart, was doing what he loved to do. That was helping a friend out by doing some gardening, pruning and clean-up when what could happen, did happen his wedding band slipped from his finger. He had no memory of it coming off, it was just gone, somewhere in the yard.
Telling his wife was a bit stressful when done they returned to the property, with hopes of finding the ring. Not finding the ring, they turned to the internet to find someone that could help. That is when I got involved via a text message that read “Maybe you have availability this week? I answered by a phone call and set up a time for the next afternoon.
I am glad I had set it up for the afternoon as another call for help came to me to find a ring lost in a local swimming beach. I asked another Ring Finder to go along…two could find the ring twice as fast. Sure enough Leighton found the water ring in less than 5 minutes. All said and done we were off to search for Richard’s ring at 2:30.

We pulled into the driveway right at 2:30, what timing! Introductions and then a walk thru the area that should be holding the band that matched his wife’s band, but one with a bigger and with a looser fit. As always a Ring Finder is always alert to his surroundings. About 30 feet from my car and our detecting gear a bit of glitter caught my eye. UNBELIEVABLE! It was the ring. This was my first find without even taking my equipment out of the car.

Now it was up to Tobe to take the ring home and have it resized so Richard could wear it with a bit of confidence that he would not loose it again. This return will be in the memory of several people for a long time. I wish all searches were this easy. No, not really, if they were, my hobby would lose my interest in very little time. But on the other hand, it would be quicker outcome for those that had made the loss. In the end, it matters not who or when a lost object is found, but that it is returned to the rightful owner.

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Permission to Help Find and Return a Ring on NSS, Cape Cod, MA

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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August 12. 2025 A beautiful day a the beach was coming to its end and Matt had the urge to get a few more splashes in the rough waves before the sun set. But as it happens more than one can imagine he was hit by a wave and in that moment his wedding band slipped off his finger onto the wet sand. There was nothing Matt could do but watch it get swept away by the receding wave. The next morning he reached out to me for help. My first thought was that of it being on Federal Property, on which metal detecting is illegal. But, it may be possible to get special case by case permission to search one small area for a specific amount of time for a specific object. Or at times a Park Ranger may do the search themselves. The only other determining factor for me to go for the search would be the surf action, it can be so rough it could be life threatening.

All that being said, Matt wanted to get his ring back to his finger. He started the “Try to get the right person to give permission” which proved no easy task. First a phone call, no success. Second in-person visit to the NSS Visitor’s Center, again no success. Back to the phone, this time to a emergency number he found on the internet site. The dispatcher said she would have someone call him back. Success. Permission was granted for a “TheRingFinder” to search in the area he lost the ring during the one evenings low tide time and that the Rangers on duty would be informed of the situation. It was a go for me.

I had been on another such search about a month ago. I did not find the ring and was beat up by waves, that for a detectorist concentrating on the searching endeavor, could rip him off his feet. If it happened, his scoop could be ripped from his hands and lost into the surf. Likewise a detector may be lost. I know my limits, the dangers and to give up when the object is not worth tempting such dangers.

This search started with only short boots and a detector that had better trash rejecting tuning capabilities. That did not go well as I thought it might. But I had to go with the best equipment for the given search area. So, when I got to the water line with only two iffy targets, I went back to the car and got ready to detect in the water as far as I felt safe. That also did not go as I thought it would and as the sun was setting I was going call it a bust but I would make one last pass. In the surf wash of only 2 inches the only good signal hit my ears. One shallow scoop, a quick rinse and there it was, Matt’s wedding band. As I walked to Matt, I told him I though he was the luckiest son-of-a-mother and that’s a lot of sons to be luckier than. His reaction was such that I knew I was the lucky one to have retrieve and returned such a sentimental ring and return it. You now know why I enjoy my metal detecting hobby so much: Memory making emotions top the list.

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Metal Detecting Recovery of Diamond Engagement & Wedding Rings by Brian Tucholke, Falmouth, Massachusetts

  • from Falmouth (Massachusetts, United States)
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17 August 2025.  About three weeks ago I recovered a man’s wedding ring for Dave at a local private beach.  Dave had been referred to me by Bill, and today Bill gave me another call for help.  This time a guest, Maggie, had lost her diamond engagement and wedding rings, most likely at the same beach where Dave’s ring had fled his finger.  (Is there something about that beach that grabs rings off fingers?).  In any case he gave me Maggie’s phone number and I called her and left a message.  She called back within a short time and we met a half hour later to search for her rings.

Maggie explained that the rings had disappeared yesterday but she was not certain where they were lost.  She, her husband Jerry, and friends had searched the house where they were staying, with no result.  The remaining options were the yard, the walking route to the beach (a few hundred feet), and the dry beach sand.  Although she had gone into the water for a time, Maggie was certain that the rings were not on her finger when she entered the water.  After some Q&A and discussion, the dry beach sand appeared to be the best option for where to start the search.

I walked down to the beach with Maggie and Jerry, and when we arrived they described the relatively limited area where they thought they’d been sitting and where their activities were on the previous day.  There was a bit of a complication because other beach goers were on the spot where Maggie and Jerry surmised that they’d been sitting, but those folks were kind enough to let me ‘play through’ as I did several search swaths through the area.  There were some good signals but those invariably were from bottle caps (Corona is a popular one – they seem to ‘find your beach’) or aluminum pop tops (you know, the ones people insist on wresting from the top of a can so they can throw them in the sand); both of these can give a signal close to that of a gold ring.

As I finished covering that prime search area Jerry came over and proposed that they may have been sitting farther north near a different set of beach-grass clumps, so I shifted my search to that area.  It then took only a couple of minutes before I hit a target that sounded just like what I was looking for.  I took a scoop of sand and shook it out, and Maggie’s diamond engagement ring was lying on the bottom of the scoop pretty as you please.  Her wedding ring was still sitting on the sand at my feet.  I held up her engagement ring and motioned her over.  She and Jerry arrived in disbelief and as she glanced down she also found and picked up her own wedding ring from the sand.  As you can imagine, the celebration was intense and was joined by some nearby beach folk who’d been monitoring the proceedings.

Maggie and Jerry celebrated their second wedding anniversary only a couple of weeks ago, and they were just preparing to return to their home from vacation.  I’m really happy that Maggie’s rings are back on her finger where they belong, and that she and Jerry are able to return home elated, not burdened with the sadness of broken emotional ties and beautiful rings lost, perhaps forever.

Maggie’s diamond and sapphire engagement ring and her diamond-studded wedding ring.

 

Maggie and Jerry, a very happy couple.

 

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